Console stuck in License Terms

Question

Hello all,  
I wanted to upgrade my instance from Windows Server 2012 R2 to Windows Server 2016 and the upgrade process is now complete, but the system is stuck in License Terms view, which I can see via the EC2 instance screenshot.  
The server is not available via RDP connection which it was under Windows Server 2012 R2.   
  
Did I do a process incorrectly during the migration and how do I skip past that?   
EULAID: T1S_SR_1_ED_SRVSTD_V_en-us  
  
Edited by: aws1338 on Jan 16, 2019 7:17 AM

Answer

We ended up with the same problem, even though I'd selected Datacenter edition for the upgrade. It was fixed by connecting remotely to the registry and putting in place the following registry key and then rebooting.  
  
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Setup\OOBE\SetupDisplayedEula, of type REG_DWORD, and value 0x1  
  
We did all the work through the Windows Admin Center, but I guess it could be done through remote registry and the AWS Console.

Answer

The answer is fairly simple - Dont install the Standard edition but the data centre edition. The licence agreement will be checked BEFORE the restart and during the install process in the running instance

Console stuck in License Terms

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